Fuck AI

I've been ~~here~~ improving the whole time

FTFY

It's probably been good enough for non-gamers for ages. There have been a number of attempts to make wine personable enough to run games for the average user. I think Valve finally nailed it.

Now we just need enough marketshare to break through the kernel game protection bullshit and for Adobe/Autodesk to get on board.

Windows users want a menu button in the lower left corner and shit to work after a short installer. How the fuck do you keep messing that up?

Capitalists are literally Mt Krabbs:

"Squidward! New rule! All customers must fill in this survey about the details of their day before they order!" Drops a giant stack of papers on the counter

Squidward sighs "Why are we doing this?"

"Because then I can sell their information for more MONEY! Hyukukukukuk!"

Who can ever forget the "Remind me in 3 days" bullshit.

Also UI that operates near instantaneously. Not waiting for the option I want to pop in.

Working as intended by the shareholders.

It really isn't for most people though.

You're expecting that people will seek out alternatives. I expect the more likely reality. People will just stop using PCs completely outside of work.

It's not a matter of how easy something is. It's a matter of human perspective. Right now they think of PCs as being "Windows". In much the same way some of our moms would say "I bought you a Nintendo game for your xbox!"

And instead of buying non-compliant software, she actually DID buy an XBox game. And called it Nintendo.

Same way down in the south you might overhear someone order a coke. To which the waitress asks "what kind?" And the reply is "Sprite".

Kleenex/Tissues.

You get the idea. To them PCs are made by Windows and thats all they know. They just know they don't like the AI they gwt forced to use at work. So instead of using it at home, or using an alternative, they figure they can just watch youtube on their phone.

YOU use a PC as a PC. Most other people use PCs as a browser to go to facebook, and youtube, and instagram. All the things that make you cringe, thats what a PC is to them.

So when you say "You can customize everything in linux!", their response, from someone who used WindowsXP for 15 years and never once changed the wallpaper, will be "but why?".

Hopefully that can help you see the difference between "it's easy" and "it's a thought that runs through their brain at all"

Eh. I installed Linux Mint this weekend because I was sick of Microsoft's bullshit and I had to connect my PC to my router with an Ethernet cable to install a driver for my wifi adapter from the terminal. I am quite tech savvy and was very comfortable with this whole process and it took no time at all, but my wife who knows barely anything about computers would have probably given up the moment the Internet didn't work when Mint installed. Most people use routers that they rent for too much money from their ISPs and don't even know you can plug shit into the backs of those routers yourself. The moment the wifi doesn't work on the new OS even though the password is right, it's game over for their ability to troubleshoot it. That is why Linux won't get normies on it anytime soon. After that my experience has been extremely smooth and I have been able to do anything I've wanted to do without touching the terminal (although I prefer terminal commands), but that initial hurdle is just way too much to expect from the average person who just wants to get on Netflix and Facebook asap.

Yeah, the average user doesn't want to do scary console shit. Linux won't replace windows until people don't need to type console commands.

Wash yourself in the soothing glow of Mint's DE and be born again!